Association of nursing home antipsychotic reduction policies with antipsychotic use in community dwellers with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antipsychotic and other psychotropic medication use is prevalent among community-dwelling older adults with dementia despite the potential for adverse effects. Two Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives, the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care ("the Partnership") and the Five Star Quality Rating System for antipsychotic use reporting, have been successful in reducing antipsychotic use in nursing home residents. We assessed if these initiatives had a spillover effect in antipsychotic and other psychotropic medication use among community dwellers with dementia due to potential overlap in prescribers across settings.

Methods

Among community-dwelling older adults with dementia, we examined psychotropic medication class use (i.e., antipsyc

SUBMITTER: Coe AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11734101 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature